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that uses force randomly; they use force when they need it. they're brutal when they need to be. the number of people killed by this regime is in the tens of thousands. in one short period of time, they killed almost 4,000 political prisoners who were already serving time for other crimes. >> reporter: i asked him what the regime is afraid of. why is it so paranoid? as he put it. >> they're afraid, because they know the reality-- the iranian society doesn't want them. they, in my view, are not supported by any more than 20% to 25% of the people. it's that 20% to 25% that is taking the lion's share of the oil wealth. they are robbing the country blind. >> reporter: the dissidents' earned international recognition recently when imprisoned attorney nasrin sotoudeh and banned filmmaker jafar panahi were awarded the european parliament's prestigious sakharov prize for human rights work. the iranian government refused to let the prize winners meet with the prize sponsors. still, despite the crackdown, dissidents keep trying to change a regime that i
that uses force randomly; they use force when they need it. they're brutal when they need to be. the number of people killed by this regime is in the tens of thousands. in one short period of time, they killed almost 4,000 political prisoners who were already serving time for other crimes. >> reporter: i asked him what the regime is afraid of. why is it so paranoid? as he put it. >> they're afraid, because they know the reality-- the iranian society doesn't want them. they, in my...
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marcia coyle is here with us tonight. first the facts of the case, vance v ball state university. >> first of all, this case involves title vii of the civil rights act, which as you know is our antidiscrimination law. under. the supervisors is imbued with the employer's authority. an employer can be held liable if a nonsupervisor employee harasses another employee. but it's tougher to prove. you have to shout employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to act. maida vance brought this lawsuit against ball state university. she's an african american woman working in the dining services division of the university, claimed she was harassed by a white coworker, was slapped on the head, blocked at the elevator, racial epithets were used such as "sambo" and "buckwheat" in her presence. she complained and finally brought her lawsuit against the university. she lost in the lower courts. the lower court, federal appellate court, said this coworker was not a supervisor, and took the definition that is probabl
marcia coyle is here with us tonight. first the facts of the case, vance v ball state university. >> first of all, this case involves title vii of the civil rights act, which as you know is our antidiscrimination law. under. the supervisors is imbued with the employer's authority. an employer can be held liable if a nonsupervisor employee harasses another employee. but it's tougher to prove. you have to shout employer knew or should have known about the harassment and failed to act. maida...
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give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell products. we have lincoln logs. for a younger generation, "ted and bill's excellent adventure" includes lincoln. he is just one of those figures if you're selling a product that's synonymous with integrity, whether it's an automobile or insurance or a remedy for sleep deprivation. >> sreenivasan: honest abe. >> absolutely. honest abe. everyone wants lincoln on their side. almost everyone can devise a rationale to justify that. we go on debating who he is, what he really believed, and how it influences our politics and our culture to this day. >> sreenivasan: and that story is not over. >> th
give us some examples of how lincoln is so used. >> well, used and abused. i'm sure there are viewers out this who, when they think of lincoln they think of the, depending on their ages, raymond massey or henry fonda or hal holbrook or gregory peck or others who have played lincoln in the movies. >> furthermore, it's well known that the more a man speaks, the less he's understood. ( laughter ) >> lincoln has in fact been used almost from days of his assassination to sell...
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they want to work with us. we're going to reach out to these people. >> warner: together they hope all will be welcome in the new syria they want to build. >> woodruff: in her next >> woodruff: in her next report, margaret looks at the more than one hundred thousand syrian refugees who have fled to turkey. >> brown: next, to the southeast asian country of myanmar, where president obama's visit today made some history. ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: by the tens of thousands cheering people packed the streets of myanmar's capital city today. the crowds waved american flags as they angled for a glimpse of the first sitting u.s. president to visit the southeast asian nation. >> i hope he can bring change in every aspect. >> i really hope that obama will help build the transition to democracy. we have many ethnic groups in myanmar. they are also hoping that obama will help them progress. >> suarez: also known as burma, the country was under military rule for half a century and was largely closed off from the r
they want to work with us. we're going to reach out to these people. >> warner: together they hope all will be welcome in the new syria they want to build. >> woodruff: in her next >> woodruff: in her next report, margaret looks at the more than one hundred thousand syrian refugees who have fled to turkey. >> brown: next, to the southeast asian country of myanmar, where president obama's visit today made some history. ray suarez has our story. >> suarez: by the...
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the election is behind us. we're ready to get started. >> woodruff: the most difficult of those challenges will be reaching a deal to avert a so-called fiscal cliff. starting january 1, some $500 billion in tax increases will take effect with the expiration of the bush era tax cuts and the payroll tax holiday. at the same time automatic spending cuts will hit defense and domestic programs totaling $109 billion. the spending reductions were triggered when the congressional super committee failed to reach a broad deficit deal last year. that came after talks broan down between the president and house speaker john boehner. senator collins told the newshour today that she's optimistic lawmakers can still strike a deal and stave off the spending cuts. >> so this has to be done carefully. i think the president's right that -- and i've said this for a long time -- that we have to look at both revenues and spending. but there needs to be compromise on both sides. >> woodruff: but mcconnell said the president needs to p
the election is behind us. we're ready to get started. >> woodruff: the most difficult of those challenges will be reaching a deal to avert a so-called fiscal cliff. starting january 1, some $500 billion in tax increases will take effect with the expiration of the bush era tax cuts and the payroll tax holiday. at the same time automatic spending cuts will hit defense and domestic programs totaling $109 billion. the spending reductions were triggered when the congressional super committee...
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ifill: here at the table with us. >> ifill: here at the table with us-- where they will be all night tonight-- are syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times" columnist david brooks. mark shields, what is the path to 270, that magic total of electoral votes that somebody needs in order to become president of the united states. >> all barack obama has to do is win the states he won last time. everyone of the states that battle ground state is state he carried last time. we'll find out. last time he had advantage in a strange way. that was hillary clinton because he was able to organize in those states in the primaries and establish an organization and establish financial advantage which held him far over john mccain. but i think, you know, i think that they know these states. he's campaigned in them before. that's his strength. for mitt romney obviously it's capitalizing on the economic discontent, the economic hurt still in the country, the disappointment and the progress to recovery. >> ifill: david, what is your view? what do they each need to do? >> david: i'm focusing o
ifill: here at the table with us. >> ifill: here at the table with us-- where they will be all night tonight-- are syndicated columnist mark shields and new york times" columnist david brooks. mark shields, what is the path to 270, that magic total of electoral votes that somebody needs in order to become president of the united states. >> all barack obama has to do is win the states he won last time. everyone of the states that battle ground state is state he carried last...
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well, tell us... it will come. >> what's interesting about virginia, this is obviously a state as gwen and judy have been mentioning, they've kept the polls open in a lot of pces wherthere were still long lines. mitt romney was leading and the last results i was just looking at that were coming this in fairly slowly not that much returns are in. it's a very, very key state. >> brown: there it is. romney is leading 51% to 47%. gary johnson the libertarian candidate 1%. this is another state we're keeping an eye on because the former congressman, virgil goodee. >> brown: we haven't discussed that name yesterday. >> the constitution party candidate from virginia. he is expected to pull a little bit of support in southwest virginia. this is an area the republicans were concerned about because that could pull some support away from mitt romney while some of the lib tear yab support pulled support away from mitt romney it's such a competitive state. the president won this state by more than six percentage p
well, tell us... it will come. >> what's interesting about virginia, this is obviously a state as gwen and judy have been mentioning, they've kept the polls open in a lot of pces wherthere were still long lines. mitt romney was leading and the last results i was just looking at that were coming this in fairly slowly not that much returns are in. it's a very, very key state. >> brown: there it is. romney is leading 51% to 47%. gary johnson the libertarian candidate 1%. this is...
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stay with us. the following is a pbs election 2012 special event. >> woodruff: good evening once again. welcome back to this pbs newshour special coverage of election night 2012. i'm judy wood rough. the story so far tonight in the presidential race, president obama has won the traditionally democratic northeast. mitt romney has swept the south. but not a single major battle ground state has yet been called. >> ifill: and i'm gwen i've. it's 9:00 eastern time. the polls have now closed in washington d.c. and in 40 states including 15 which just closed moments ago. we're going to talk to mark shields and david brooks who are joining us here again as they have all night about what we have seen so far tonight. we don't have any trends yet that are emerging, do we? except we don't know. >> that's not a trend. i guess the only thing again what you do at this time of night, you see 50, 40% in some of the swing states especially florida and virginia. so you look at where they're coming in, where the vote
stay with us. the following is a pbs election 2012 special event. >> woodruff: good evening once again. welcome back to this pbs newshour special coverage of election night 2012. i'm judy wood rough. the story so far tonight in the presidential race, president obama has won the traditionally democratic northeast. mitt romney has swept the south. but not a single major battle ground state has yet been called. >> ifill: and i'm gwen i've. it's 9:00 eastern time. the polls have now...